Con, a talented hurler from Meelin in north Cork, was transferred by air ambulance back to Ireland from a Devon hospital last year but had remained on a life support machine after he sustained severe head and chest injuries.

He died early yesterday with his family by his bedside.

His wife Elber (37) is now the only survivor of the horrific two-car collision.

The couple's son Oisin, who was 16 months old, died shortly after the collision on July 6 outside Torquay in Cornwall.